Kevin gurney replied to the topic 'Joystick behaviour' in the forum. 7 years ago

With last nights rebuild, I now see the new 'joystick axis lock' toggle - great!
[The kind of rapid response Win users dream of I guess ...]
many thanks!

While I'm here I'd like to comment on/request other joystick features if I may :)
(i) There is currently no option to not control one of the mount variables offered. In particular, I don't really want to have a button that parks my scope; fumbling around in the dark (possibly with gloves on!) I can see me inadvertently parking the scope in the middle of some crucial operation.. I tried putting an empty string into that box but it reports an error.
(ii) Conversely other variables might be handy. In particular, it would be useful to be able to sync to the current location from the joystick, rather than have to go back to the keyboard (I think this is an option in ASCOM EQMOD?)
(iii) Finally, it might be useful to allow multiple assignments to a single variable (comma separate them in the set field?). What I have in mind here is to allow either of the physical joysticks on my gamepad to do the same thing - i.e. slew the mount. Or associate all of the small round buttons with abort(!) (so 'stabbing away' on that side of the gamepad in the dark will get the desired result)

Many thanks

Kevin

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